Category Archives: Canada
Garneau confirms DOT-111 cars won't be able to transport crude oil as of Nov. 1
MONTREAL - Canada will put a stop to the transport of crude oil by older and less crash-resistant tanker rail cars earlier than scheduled, Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced Monday, however, th...
Jul 25, 2016
B.C. to bring in a 15 per cent additional real estate tax on foreign buyers
VICTORIA - Foreign buyers in Vancouver’s scorching real estate market will soon pay a new tax that Premier Christy Clark says is aimed at making housing more affordable for British Columbia̵...
Jul 25, 2016
Purple hair? Starbucks doesn't care. Coffee chain relaxes employee dress code
TORONTO - Got purple hair? Starbucks wants to hire you. The world’s largest coffee chain is loosening its employee dress code to allow workers to don brightly-dyed hair and coloured, patterned c...
Jul 25, 2016
Bail revoked for Toronto PhD student convicted in 2015 sexual assault
TORONTO - A Toronto man convicted in a high-profile sexual assault case is going to jail after a judge revoked his bail. Mustafa Ururyar was found guilty last Thursday of sexually assaulting fellow Yo...
Jul 25, 2016
If hackers wanted to mess with Dem convention, mission accomplished on Day 1
PHILADELPHIA - The first day of the Democratic convention included an FBI investigation, the party chair quitting, the presidential nominee repeatedly booed, apologies, and warnings of a Russian plot ...
Jul 25, 2016
Halifax police reveal pattern behind 12 cabbie sex-assault allegations
Halifax police have released new details about their investigation into a string of alleged sexual assaults by cab drivers that have unnerved local women, confirming there have been a dozen remarkably...
Jul 25, 2016
Ontario to stop paying for high-dose opioids in push to reduce addiction
TORONTO - Ontario will be the first province to stop paying for high doses of long-acting opioids as part of a push to reduce the “growing problem” of addiction to the painkillers in the p...
Jul 25, 2016
Opposition parties want committee recalled to probe Phoenix pay 'debacle'
OTTAWA - As the federal government was scrambling to make sure hundreds of civil servants get paid this week, the opposition parties joined forces Monday to call for emergency hearings into the govern...
Jul 25, 2016
Senate to claw back portion of Mike Duffy's salary in latest expense dispute
OTTAWA - Sen. Mike Duffy is going to find his Senate paycheque will soon be a little lighter. The Senate is going to start clawing back Duffy’s salary after the Prince Edward Island senator refu...
Jul 25, 2016
Six people injured after deck collapses three metres at home in Halifax area
HALIFAX - RCMP say no charges will be laid as a result of a deck collapse that injured six people at a Halifax-area home. About 15 people were on the deck when it collapsed around 8 p.m. on Sunday in ...
Jul 25, 2016
